Science & Technology

Whatever happened to the future? Books and movies that tried predicting what would it be like fell flat. At the start of the space age in the 60's the future looked... futuristic. The best example is the Jetsons cartoon,...

An off-grid food production system, housed within a shipping container.Everything you need for a 2-acre farm in a shipping container. If you have a plot of land, this kit would be everything that you need to get yourself started,...

Progress is a wonderful thing, it makes you think back on how fast it goes. Five or six years ago the smartphone era started and now we can't settle for less than HD quality screens. Laptops are cheaper than...

Clean energy is becoming more viable and profitable around the world.  New wind and solar technologies are being developed in particular.  And businesses are taking notice of this growing new market.  Companies from South Korea, Japan, China, and Russia...

Gaming, just the thought of it makes you think about Asia, leading the way worldwide since the 80's. They made Nintendo a thing back in the day. Sony also became a gaming giant in the 90's. Americans only appeared...

Science bases itself in evolution, and evolution brings development to society, whether is human or not. When we think of science, we think of Europe, Asia or North America. Costa Rica isn't exactly the name that comes to mind...

A new study conducted for EL PAÍS of Spain in conjunction with the Institute for the Integration of Latin America (INTAL in Spanish), and the Caribbean of the Inter-American Development Bank (BID in Spanish) has revealed that Costa Rica...

It has become increasingly clear that energy efficiency is a low-cost route to mitigating future energy demand. All of the central imperatives of sustainability are made more achievable by an energy policy that recognizes the need to balance environmentally-friendly...

Something extraordinary is happening in the world of business, and it is going to create some very big shifts in our world. The world of business is changing. While we regularly see news about the affairs of ‘big business’,...

Costa Rican authorities have not been doing enough to address the problems of property theft. Surprisingly, property thefts are not that difficult to achieve. It can be as easy as an unscrupulous Notary Public transferring your property from your...